Category: Competition Enforcement
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Japanese media add to globe’s AI copyright infringement docket: Nikkei, Asahi Shimbun sue Perplexity AI over “free riding” in Tokyo District Court
Nikkei Inc. and The Asahi Shimbun Company are seeking an injunction against Perplexity AI, alleging that its GenAI-powered search engine unlawfully copies and stores articles from their websites, infringing copyright.
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Google criticizes EU overregulation while demanding even more of it: contradictory positions on DMA and cloud/AI bill
According to preliminary findings by the EU Commission, Google is out of compliance with the DMA. But it wants to go beyond the DMA to harm competitors.
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Google or Government: UK CMA faced with key choice in cloud market investigation, even more so after receiving new strategic steer
What Google wants the UK Competition & Markets Authority to do in connection with software licensing in the cloud runs counter to the UK government’s new strategic steer.
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Microsoft makes digital commitments to Europe: open access to AI, cloud infrastructure, pledges to fight for European customers in U.S. court
The commitments include a promise to uphold Europe’s digital resilience regardless of geopolitical and trade volatility, Microsoft has announced.
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Cloud is now primarily about AI for Google, except when playing regulatory capture with UK CMA, EU Commission, other agencies
In yesterday’s earnings call, Google parent Alphabet discussed its Google Cloud Platform business as part of its overall AI business rather than AI as one of many fields of use for cloud computing.
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UK antitrust authority CMA finds OpenAI is indeed not controlled by Microsoft, closes “maybe merger” inquiry after more than a year
The UK’s competition watch dog has finally found that Microsoft indeed has not acquired OpenAI, and therefore closed its merger investigation.
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UK government’s strategic steer to Competition & Markets Authority: stakeholders have until Thursday morning to comment
Context: The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) told newspaper The Guardian last month that her agency does not always “need to have a seat at the table” when there’s a global competition case. While she does not see tension between the government’s pro-growth agenda and her agency’s competition enforcement, she acknowledged that “where [they]…
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Anthropic “blindsided” by proposed U.S. Google AI investment ban, seeks to participate in DOJ antitrust suit
Forcing Google to divest its investment in AI firms could seriously impact Anthropic’s ability to develop new products and remain competitive in the tight race at the AI frontier, Anthropic has complained.
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Google, Amazon bullish on cloud business units — contrary to regulatory complaints over alleged software licensing issues
Context: The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is conducting a cloud service market investigation, favoring Google over Amazon and both over Microsoft (January 28, 2025 ai fray article). In particular, Google and Amazon accuse Microsoft of designing software licensing terms in ways that distort cloud competition. What’s new: It’s earnings season, and all three…